Agile Analytics: A Value-Driven Approach to

Agile Analytics: A Value-Driven Approach to Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Ken W. Collier
Publisher: Addison-Wesley

Oct 17, 2013 - The other day the TDWI (the Data Warehouse Institute) sent me a brochure highlighting Agile BI workshops and seminars. Nov 5, 2013 - How to size the Big Data opportunity within the context of their organization; How to get Big Data technologies to work with cumulative years of investments in traditional business intelligence / data-warehouse technologies; How to execute on the Big Data effort without falling into the trap of approaching it as . " A good example of this is Tableau (which markets itself as "visual analytics for everyone"). Jan 23, 2009 - Not only that, the Agile approach also throws ideas which could be deployed in a BI implementation. On the other hand, when the business users control their own data and BI, they can be much more agile and thus able to glean more value from their data, faster. Primarily, he said, NoSQL is a good solution for online problems, but less appropriate for bulk load data warehouses and business intelligence. This calls for an Agile-based execution approach as well as a cohesive project team that includes both business and IT members under a single team structure. It all depends This allows the business to be more agile, adaptable and efficient. Dec 2, 2013 - Self-service business intelligence (SSBI) is an approach to data analytics that enables business users to access and work with corporate information without the IT department's involvement. Oct 23, 2012 - WhereScape, a Teradata partner since 2006 and provider of agile development software for building and extending data warehouses, announced today that Delta Community Credit Union has purchased WhereScape RED empowering our resource-constrained development team to tackle a large implementation that will enable us to quickly deliver value to our institution and members,” said Delta Community Director of Business Intelligence Services Su Rayburn. Mar 24, 2010 - Last week, I wrote about the business value of NoSQL, an alternative approach to relational databases that's gaining more attention in the trade press. Dec 29, 2013 - In my opinion, it points back to visual analytics, dedicated teams of business analysts with clear missions and good data management and warehouse practices with an agile approach, so that major misses can be caught, reviewed and corrected mid-course. Here's how they Ongoing scoping, rapid iterations that deliver working components, evolving requirements, scrum sessions, frequent and thorough testing, and business/development communication are important facets of a formal agile approach. Jan 19, 2012 - As Hadoop steamrolls through the industry, solutions from the business intelligence and data warehousing fields are also attracting the big data label. As a notable insurance carrier specializing in P&C commercial and personal lines, Centric's client always had analytics and reporting While this approach had served the company well over the years, executives recognized the need to move toward verifiable information-backed management of the company. The end goal is to Getting a self-service business intelligence environment may be as easy as linking to a single database or as complex as building data warehouses and data marts. Jun 11, 2013 - Centric delivered an extensible data warehouse based on the Centric BI Architecture Framework to flexibly analyze data and streamline operations. While I found it interesting, there's a lack of rigor in the analysis that is a common problem when using surveys at many companies- misinterpreting trends from surveys based on small sample sizes. Analytics strategist Seth Grimes also wrote about NoSQL this week in an Intelligent Enterprise column titled "Is It Time For NoETL? He's not the only one Alta Plana Corp. May 15, 2014 - aimed at focussing the organisation's skills and expertise in Business Intelligence, Data Management and Analytics and creating a critical mass of capability.